The Josefov Jewish Cemetery (Jewish Museum in Prague) here filmed March 30, 2012 , is among the oldest surviving Jewish burial grounds in the world and along with the Old-New Synagogue, it is an important site in the Jewish Town – Josefov – the former Jewish Ghetto in Prague, Czech Republic – ① memo 20180330 ~ Old Jewish Cemetery

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Esther Naschelski reads from her dutch book ‘Achter de Stilte’* (Behind the Silence) , her poem ‘De puzzel van mijn leven’ (The puzzle of my life) , during the writers public event ‘Stemmen in het Museum’ (Voices in the Museum) in the Kazerne Dossin museum , Sunday 3 december 2017 , marking the 5 year anniversary of the holocaust museum and memorial (as successor to the Jewish Museum of Deportation and Resistance) in Mechelen , Belgium.
① memo 20180127 ~ Film : Michel van der Burg – michelvanderburg.com | 1-memo.com

Esther is not yet three years old when her parents are deported to Auschwitz in 1942. They will never return. Esther is kept hidden and ends up in a catholic family after the war.
Only at the age of 65, Esther learns the true story of her family.

The Puzzle of My Life

My life is a puzzle, a painful puzzle.
Pieces scattered, somewhere, far, far.
Forgotten pieces.
Lost pieces, discarded pieces, burnt pieces.
Puzzles of separations, because I was separated from my dear parents.
Deprivation puzzles, deprived of my dear parents, which is the most precious in the world. Humiliation puzzles, bastard child, abandoned child.
Silence puzzles, because all was kept hidden for me, childhood stolen.
Yes, a painful puzzle.

Public weekend opening 2-3 December 2017 of the Kazerne Dossin museum , marking the 5 year anniversary of the opening of the museum as successor to the Jewish Museum of Deportation and Resistance in Mechelen , Belgium – ① memo 20180126